Concerts

Miami has anticipated the sixth edition of III Points for the past 16 months, but it looks like the wait was worth it. The move from October to February brings milder temperatures, and even though the three-day festival is taking place over the busy Presidents’ Day weekend — Art Wynwood, Coconut Grove Arts Festival, and the Miami International Boat Show also are happening — III Points is still able to cut through all the noise and make its presence known.

U.S. District Court Judge Ursula Ungaro dismissed Rapture’s federal lawsuit with prejudice, holding it was just a “rickety soapbox [that] serve[s] no purpose other than to hoist Rapture’s list of grievances into court and, from there, into the public’s view.” She also dismissed state claims…

These are the five best concerts in Miami this weekend.

It’s difficult to imagine the honor of being tapped to be the lead singer of the Doors after Jim Morrison’s tragic death. But that is exactly what happened to Bad Company’s Paul Rodgers. “I built a studio in my house, and Jimmy started to pop over to see what I was doing,” Rodgers says of his ill-fated effort to lie low for a while. “We started to write songs.”

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Over the past year, the women of Pussy Riot have toured North America to spread their message of civil disobedience on stages from California to Alabama to Mexico. Now they’ll bring their anti-Putin and anti-Trump performance art to the stage at III Points.

III Points has always played outside of the traditional music festival rulebook. One way the fest has broken the mold throughout its half-decade in existence is by conscientiously booking artists who typically get shut out of festival lineups: namely, local acts, women, and gender-nonconforming performers.

In today’s world of status updates, fake news, and follower counts, it’s easy to blur the boundaries of truth and illusion. We draw battle lines in the digital sand, but it’s our relationship with ourselves that often takes the hardest hits. “Whether it’s reading the news or being on Facebook…

The music festival landscape is changing. The New York Times in 2016 critiqued the increasing homogeneity of such gatherings, and the problem has become only more pronounced since then. The days when lineups touted alternative artists such as Love & Rockets and Kraftwerk as main attractions…

III Points, Duran Duran, Japanese Breakfast, and more of the best concerts in Miami this week, February 11 through 17.

These are the five best concerts in Miami this weekend.

Earlier this year, J. Cole and his label Dreamville embarked on a project more than a decade in the making: “Revenge of the Dreamers III.” Conceived as a recording session for the ages, it would bring together a who’s who of hip-hop producers, rappers, singers, and other creatives in a studio in Atlanta…

With about two months to go until Ultra Music Festival makes its debut on Virginia Key, the dance-music bacchanal has dropped its phase two lineup. This round has added acts like Eric Prydz, Dog Blood (Skrillex and Boys Noize), Gigantic Nghtmre, and former Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave guitarist…

For the restless music machine that is Chicago native Andrew Bird, each song is an enthralling puzzle with no real resolve. He’s in it for the adventure of it all. The virtuosic violinist and whistler has been yarning out his cerebral tunes for audiences for more than 20 years, unearthing innovative ways to bring new life to his compositions.

In the turf war between Ultra Music Festival and Rapture Festival, Ultra just scored a win. Yesterday a judge dismissed Rapture’s lawsuit against the massive electronic music fest. She stated Rapture didn’t prove it has been legally harmed by Ultra.

Brazil’s Tribalistas released their self-titled debut album in 2002. It garnered worldwide recognition and a Latin Grammy for Best Pop Album in Portuguese. Due to the busy schedules of the three artists, each managing a successful solo music career, there were no shows, tours, or even interviews following the release of their first album…

The Canadian composer tackles Japanese classical music on his latest album, “Konoyo.”

GroundUp Music Festival, Big Freedia, Peter Murphy of Bauhaus, and more of the best concerts in Miami this week, February 4 through 10.

Miami Music Week is right around the corner, and one of its biggest parties has announced its return in a big way. Some of the biggest names in electronic music — Claude VonStroke, Tiga, Chris Liebing, and others — will perform at Damian Lazarus’ Get Lost Miami, which annually returns…

In a city filled with the constant drone of drum ‘n’ bass, Miami needs artists like Bloodshot Bill and his slicked-back hair to remind us what rock ‘n’ roll is all about. The Canadian one-man band has been releasing albums, EPs, and splits nonstop while constantly touring North America (though a weird issue in 2006 at the U.S.-Canada border got him banned from the States for five years).

These are the five best concerts in Miami this weekend.

Michelle Zauner, the frontwoman of the indie pop-rock group Japanese Breakfast, does it all. The ethereal, dreamy music for which the band is known shows only a fraction of Zauner’s talents, and she shows no signs of slowing down.